Brazil Wins Two Golds Medals and a Bronze One at the South-American Games
Jessica Pereira and Breno Alves are champions whereas Gabriela Chibana is bronze-awarded
Brazil won in all the three weight categories from this Monday, when judo is for the first time part of the South American Games, the latter being in its tenth edition. The extra-light Breno Alves and the half-lightweight Jessica Pereira reached the gold medal while Gabriela Chibana, defeated in the semifinals by the Olympic medalist Paula Pareto, kept the bronze award.
The first medal came from Gabriela Chibana who had a good start in the competition, defeating Thalia Carbajal (PER) by ippon after immobilizing the opponent but lost in the semifinals to Argentina\'s Paula Pareto, currently 5th world ranked, for having two more penalties. In the contention for bronze, she defeated Judith Gonzalez, from Chile, and so she kept the bronze.
Then it was Jessica Pereira’s turn to bring Brazil’s first gold of the day. Jessica Pereira defeated the Chilean Joselin Walls (CHI) by immobilization, and in the semifinals she defeated Vanherys Mendoza from Venezuela for having a punishment less. In the end, she faced Oritia Gonzalez from Argentina whom she defeated by yuko.
Breno Alves had a more difficult fight against his Peruvian opponent, Juan Postigos. The Brazilian was losing by penalty when in the last 8 seconds of the fight his opponent received a second shido. In the golden score, Postigos was penalized again for false attack. In the first fight, he won over Javier Guedez from Venezuela by ippon thanks to strangulation. After that, he defeated Juan Millacura from Chile by ippon by immobilization.
On Wednesday, the Brazilian representatives will be Ketleyn (57kg), Mariana Silva (63kg), Vinicius Leal Sakamoto Frames (66kg) and Eduardo Katsuhiro Barbosa (73kg).
The president of the Brazilian Judo Confederation and the Pan- American Judo Confederation, Paulo Wanderley Teixeira, watched closely the fights. The competition, held by the South American Judo Confederation, is under the responsibility of another Brazilian, Robnelson Ferreira.
